Chinese symbol for “melodious”
悠扬
yōu yáng
Traditional: 悠揚
melodious; mellifluous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for melodious is 悠扬 (yōu yáng), defined as: melodious; mellifluous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “melodious”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悠扬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悠久 | yōu jiǔ | long (tradition, history etc) |
| 悠闲 (悠閑) | yōu xián | variant of 悠閒|悠闲; leisurely |
| 忽悠 | hū you | to rock; to sway |
| 历史悠久 (歷史悠久) | lì shǐ yōu jiǔ | long-established; time-honored |
| 悠悠 | yōu yōu | lasting for ages; long drawn out |
| 宣扬 (宣揚) | xuān yáng | to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide |
| 赞扬 (讚揚) | zàn yáng | to praise; to approve of |
| 弘扬 (弘揚) | hóng yáng | to enhance; to promote |
See also: Japanese symbol for “melodious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.